Real impacts of spam
15 February 2018
I don’t talk about it very often, but there are some real consequences to the mere existence of spam. In 2004, the FTC mentioned it as a driver in address churn*(Federal Trade Commission 2004). Of course, unwanted messages get lost. Finally, we can blame the mere existence of spam for the existence of spam filters.
Use Private Domain Registration and Go to Jail?
4 November 2009
The 9th Circuit opinion in USA v. Kilbride has been released. This is primarily an obscenity case against the defendants for sending pornographic spam email. But, it also includes a challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 1037 on vagueness grounds. 18 U.S.C. § 1037 is the part of the [acp id=”Wikimedia-01″ media=”wiki” title=”CAN-SPAM Act of 2003″